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Macadamia aff. integrifolia
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Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
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| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Small evergreen tree, cultivated for its edible nuts and sometimes naturalised. Leaves petiolate, whorled, oblanceolate to narrowly oblong; margin wavy, entire or with spaced sharp teeth, particularly on young plants. Flowers in dense racemes, white. Fruit subspherical, 25-35 mm long, with a pointed tip. |
| Notes: | Note: Two species are cultivated, M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla L.A.S. Johnson. The species readily hybridise, even in nature, and nowadays many specimens are hybrids. M. tetraphylla has become rare in the wild, due to this. |
| Derivation of specific name: | integrifolia: with entire leaves, referring to the leaf margin, although some leaves, particularly on young plants are toothed. |
| Habitat: | Sometimes escaping in rocky miombo woodland or in forest |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to south-eastern Queensland, Australia |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Mesogenea varians (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 3 February 2010 |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Macadamia aff. integrifoliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
iNaturalist: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Macadamia aff. integrifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Plants of the World Online: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Tropicos: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
Wikipedia: Macadamia aff. integrifolia
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